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49 movies from 28 different countries will take their unique stories to this year's Cannes Film Festival, with the 2016 jury chaired by none other than Mad Max: Fury Road's George Miller. Woody Allen's Café Society, starring Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg, will open the festival with an out-of-competition screening ahead of similar showings from Steven Spielberg's childhood-tackling BFG and Jodie Foster's Money Monster:

American Honey, the movie that briefly put Shia LaBeoufin stitches while shooting, will screen in competition against Sean Penn's The Last Face, Nicole Garcia's Mal de Pierres, and many more. The festival, which is often criticized for its lack of representation of women in the film industry, will feature three films in this year's competition directed by women. Three.

The 69th edition of the storied festival runs from May 11 to 22, meaning you have roughly a month to place your Palme d'Or bets. Peep the full in-competition lineup below, then argue (and/or enter a state of serious financial risk) amongst yourselves:

Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, Germany)

Julieta (Pedro Almodóvar, Spain)

American Honey (Andrea Arnold, UK)

Personal Shopper (Olivier Assayas, France)

The Unknown Girl (Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Belgium)

It’s Only the End of the World (Xavier Dolan, Canada)

Ma Loute (Bruno Dumont, France)

Paterson (Jim Jarmusch, US)

Rester Vertical (Alain Guiraudie, France)

Aquarius (Kleber Mendonça Filho, Brazil)

Mal de Pierres (Nicole Garcia, Algeria)

I, Daniel Blake (Ken Loach, UK)

Ma’ Rosa (Brillante Mendoza, Philippines)

Bacalaureat (Cristian Mungiu, Romania)

Loving (Jeff Nichols, US)

The Handmaid (Park Chan-wook, South Korea)

The Last Face (Sean Penn, US)

Sieranevada (Cristi Puiu, Romania)

Elle (Paul Verhoeven, France)

The Neon Demon (Nicolas Winding Refn, US)

For more Cannes action, including out-of-competition and special screenings, visit here. My money, for what it's worth, is totally on Andrea Arnold'sAmerican Honey.